3 teens arrested on attempted murder charges after shooting at Waukee home

Three teenagers have been arrested on attempted murder charges after they were involved with rounds fired at a home in Waukee while trying to get revenge for a friend, police said.

Abdirahman Hassan, 18, of Waukee is being held at the Dallas County Jail on attempted murder charges after helping coordinate a shooting incident at a house in the 500 block of SE Westwoods Drive, according to a police report.

Two 17-years-old boys who are not named in court records because of their age were also arrested on the same charges, said Lt. Jeremy Long with the Waukee Police Department.

Abdirahman Hassan, photo provided by the Dallas County Jail(Photo: Special to the Register)

The group of teens planned the drive-by shooting as a way to get revenge for one of the teens who had been punched by a juvenile, who lived in the house, earlier in the day, Long said.

Hassan on Sunday picked up a friend and another teen whom he asked to bring a gun before driving past the house while the teen in the passenger seat fired several rounds at the house, police said.

Long said the teen fired between 8 and 10 rounds in the direction of the home around 11:45 p.m. The bullets hit the house and a couple of cars parked in the driveway.

The house was occupied at the time, but the no one was injured in the incident, police said.

Waukee police are continuing to investigate the incident.

Anna Spoerre covers crime and courts for the Des Moines Register. She can be reached by email at aspoerre@dmreg.com, by phone at 515-284-8387 or on Twitter at @annaspoerre. Follow the Register on Facebook and Twitter for more news.

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